new home

ta da!

destination: nantucket

1. Havaianas slim in pool green // 2. Katie Bartels gemstone jewelry Maisie earrings in freshwater pearl // 3. Bumble & Bumble surf spray // 4. Katie Bartels gemstone jewelry Jess necklace // 5. Roberta Roller Rabbit bondi beach bag big cata // 6. Jane Eyre, penguin classics

exciting news!

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I hope everyone has a fabulous summer weekend.

xx

katie

jewelry show this weekend!

I'm very excited to announce that I will be back at Artists & Fleas this weekend! if you are in the area come visit me, I will have an exclusive preview of my fall collection.

destination: summer BBQ

1. Katie Bartels gemstone jewelry Ceci earrings // 2. Anthropologie striped infini beach towel // 3. J.Crew water bottle in neon papaya // 4. Katie Bartels gemstone jewelry Daphne bracelet // 5. Shiseido ultimate sun protection spray broad spectrum SPF 50+ for face/body // 6. Leif nouveau serving set in fuchsia

hostess gift guide

staying with friends this summer? here are some suggestions for gifts to get to say "thank you".

1. Katie Bartels gemstone jewelry Montauk earrings // 2. domaine chandon, blanc de noirs special edition, NV // 3. Anthropologie pineapple ice trays // 4. Furbish Studio blue ditsy cocktail napkin // 5. Vineyard Vines crab wine tote

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I hope your weekend is as good as these brown butter fried nutella banana croissant sandwiches look! just throw in some bacon...and a mimosa..

xx

katie

inspiration thursday: pineapples

so I'm having a pineapple moment...

I'm not so much interested in eating them as I am looking at them. there is something about the juxtaposition of the green leaves and the scaled base that is just so pretty. here are some images that I'm getting inspiration from this week:

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wedding wednesday: custom bridesmaid necklaces

random fun fact about me: I own every martha stewart weddings magazine published since 1999 {I was 14 in 1999...}.

so now that you know that, it won't come as a huge surprise that I love designing jewelry for weddings. I have made necklaces and earring sets for mothers of the bride, necklaces for brides, a headpiece for a bride, and necklaces and earrings for bridesmaids. 

last year I had a bride reach out to me with her wedding colors (red and tiffany blue) and ask me to customize my ribbon necklaces to fit the theme of her wedding. I was super excited to put this together and we worked on design ideas and came up with bridesmaid necklaces that we were both super excited by (see final design below):

I then decided to make this process more accessible for other customers. so I now have many more ribbon color options on my site and a note that you can email me if you need a more specific color {katie@katiebartels.com}...more exciting news? I have a sliding scale discount based on the number of necklaces you purchase. so more bridesmaids=more savings. 

here are some of the styles you get to choose from {the natalie, the shira, and the samantha} and some color options are below...so get designing!!

pop of color

ashton necklace, jaipur earrings, nancy bracelet, susan necklace, janna earrings

colorful coral

from left to right: Allie earrings, Daphne bracelet, Hyannis necklace, Hyannis bracelet, Allie earrings, Jeanne necklace

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have a fabulous weekend!

xx

katie

polish pairings

left to right: maisie in freshwater pearl with NARS schiap; maisie in red coral with scotch naturals in smokey martini; maisie in amethyst with dolce & gabbana in wild green; maisie in pink coral with tenoverten in rivington; maisie in malachite with deborah lippmann in don't stop believin'

items under $50

so I did a little math, and put together a list of all of the items on my site that are now under $50 thanks to the discount I am doing with People StyleWatch. my kind of math!

click to shop and save!: daphne bracelet, freshwater pearl leaf earrings, seconsett necklace, brenda bracelet, susan necklace, rajasthan earrings, pink vintage deco earrings, natalie necklace

Cornell reunion trunk show!

I am so thrilled to announce that The Cornell Store will be hosting my jewelry trunk show during Reunion Weekend! And more good news: a portion of sales will go to the Cornell Plantations. So if you are attending Reunion make sure to stop by!

1. Katie Bartels Janna earrings in red // 2. Katie Bartels Natalie necklace // 3. Vineyard Vines Cornell tote {available at The Cornell Store} // 4. Essie nail polish in really red // 5. TOMS red canvas women's classics // 6. Uniqlo women supima cotton v neck short sleeve t-shirt in white // 7. J.Crew 4" chino short in navy

new for june!

click here to check out my summery statement pieces!

may in instagram

rocking my susan necklace with a bold palm print

participated in the BUST Magazine fair

another view of my table

my mom rocks her blake necklace

a custom necklace for mother's day :)

nothing beats dinner at a diner

ran a race, got beaten by a lot of 5-year-olds #lame

BBQ time in CT

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ever since I saw "house of cards" I've been craving ribs

so took a trip to blue smoke with some friends

maya hayuk's brooklyn studio

took an art class, was obsessed with the paint pattern on the tablecloth

final product of my block printing class

scenes from my show at Artists and Fleas in Williamsburg

my ribbon necklaces!

the darling viriginie millifore models my laser cut pineapple earrings

you're never too young to start stacking bracelets!

terrarium making class

my terrarium (it died soon after #RIP)

its summer!!

rocked this necklace to my brother's wedding party

my mom was in charge of flowers #killedit

hanging with my mom at the beach

flip cup #college